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That doesn’t sound right to me. Speaking as someone with mild Libertarian tendencies, UBI seems pretty contra to Libertarian ideals. Not the UBI itself, but th

That doesn’t sound right to me. Speaking as someone with mild Libertarian tendencies, UBI seems pretty contra to Libertarian ideals. Not the UBI itself, but the taxation required to fund it. Can you give references to any well-known Libertarian thinkers who are on board with UBI?

Firadeoclus 9y ago
There is more than one strand of libertarianism, and not all of them strive to minimize taxation. See e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-libertarianism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-libertarianism
- Simon_says 9y ago
  Thanks for showing me this. I never knew about "Libertarian Socialists". I'm afraid of falling into the Scottsman fallacy, but they don't sound like the other Libertarians I've read. I couldn't find anything about basic income on that page. Is there any writing from a self-proclaimed Libertarian in support of UBI?
TheCoelacanth 9y ago
You are probably thinking exclusively of right libertarianism and must not be familiar with geolibertarianism[1] based somewhat on the ideas of Henry George[2]. They share most views with right libertarians such as the view that the fruits of a person's labor should not be taxed, but differ in that they view all land and natural resources as the common property of all people and as such believe that use of land and natural resources should be taxed at the full market value and then the proceeds redistributed equally to everyone. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geolibertarianism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geolibertarianism [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_George https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_George
akvadrako 9y ago
Charles Murray is a famous libertarian political scientist who likes the idea: https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-guaranteed-income-for-every-american-1464969586 https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-guaranteed-income-for-every-a... And Gary Johnson, the libertarian nominee, was the only candidate in the 2016 US presidential election to comment positively on the scheme. I can't find the source of the claim, but it does seem to be an accepted stance: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Gary+Johnson+%22Basic+Income%22&ia=web https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Gary+Johnson+%22Basic+Income%22&ia...

Firadeoclus 9y ago

There is more than one strand of libertarianism, and not all of them strive to minimize taxation. See e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-libertarianism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-libertarianism

Simon_says 9y ago
Thanks for showing me this. I never knew about "Libertarian Socialists". I'm afraid of falling into the Scottsman fallacy, but they don't sound like the other Libertarians I've read. I couldn't find anything about basic income on that page. Is there any writing from a self-proclaimed Libertarian in support of UBI?

TheCoelacanth 9y ago

You are probably thinking exclusively of right libertarianism and must not be familiar with geolibertarianism[1] based somewhat on the ideas of Henry George[2]. They share most views with right libertarians such as the view that the fruits of a person's labor should not be taxed, but differ in that they view all land and natural resources as the common property of all people and as such believe that use of land and natural resources should be taxed at the full market value and then the proceeds redistributed equally to everyone. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geolibertarianism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geolibertarianism [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_George https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_George

akvadrako 9y ago

Charles Murray is a famous libertarian political scientist who likes the idea: https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-guaranteed-income-for-every-american-1464969586 https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-guaranteed-income-for-every-a... And Gary Johnson, the libertarian nominee, was the only candidate in the 2016 US presidential election to comment positively on the scheme. I can't find the source of the claim, but it does seem to be an accepted stance: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Gary+Johnson+%22Basic+Income%22&ia=web https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Gary+Johnson+%22Basic+Income%22&ia...